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NWA 188 Captain Explains Why Flight Overshot Minneapolis
Ever since the pilots of NWA 188 overflew their Minneapolis destination, speculation has been rampant about what actually happened in the cockpit. It was widely assumed that the pilots had fallen asleep. I’ve just posted a long email, originally reported by the Dallas Morning News, which gives the full details of what happened on the flight as reported by Captain Tim Cheney to a fri . . . (www.maxtrescott.com)
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FAA Bans All Polished-Frost Takeoffs
Starting Jan. 30, 2010, all aircraft contaminated with "polished" (smooth) frost on wings, as well as on stabilizing and control surfaces will be prohibited from takeoff, according to the FAA final rule published today.
Majors and regionals are already prohibited from operating aircraft contaminated with polished frost. FAA's final rule removes language in Parts . . . (www.aviationweek.com)
 | Mark Duell (mduell)
Monday (11/30) 07:08PM EST |
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Continental Airlines Won't Take Cash In Cabins Starting Tuesday
Continental Airlines said its flight crews will begin accepting only credit and debit cards for on-board purchases starting Tuesday. Cash can be used for duty-free purchases. American Airlines went cashless onboard flights in the U.S. and Canada starting in June and all Southwest Airlines flights stopped accepting cash in flight, starting in September. (online.wsj.com)
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FAA Ignores Safety Warnings on Boeing 777
More than 130 Boeing jetliners whose engines face the risk of icing up in rare conditions can continue flying long transcontinental flights until early 2011, the Federal Aviation Administration announced last week in a move that rejected the warnings of safety experts and pilots. (www.cbsnews.com)
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Small plane crashes off Sanibel
A pilot is being treated at Lee Memorial Hospital for leg injuries after his small plane crashed into the waters off Sanibel today, authorities said. The Sanibel Police Department declined to disclose the pilot’s name or the seriousness of his injuries. Fort Myers International Airport operations, Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have be . . . (www.news-press.com)
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'Glitch' forces superjumbo to return to New York
An Air France A380 had to turn around and land in New York after problems with its navigation system, only days after the super-jumbo began flying across the Atlantic, the airline said Monday. The double-decker Airbus made a U-turn 90 minutes after take-off from New York and landed safely at Kennedy Airport in the early hours of Saturday, an Air France spokesman told AFP. (www.google.com)
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6 bodies found in sunken float plane
Six bodies, one of them an infant's, have been found inside a float plane that crashed Sunday afternoon on taking off from a B.C. island. A Coast Guard dive team at Lyall Harbour on Saturna Island found the aircraft with the bodies inside shortly before 1 a.m. today at a depth of 11 metres, said Troy Haddock, maritime co-ordinator for the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victor . . . (www.canada.com)
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Cirrus SR22 crash lawsuit Video
I came across an interesting 11-minute interview with the attorneys for plaintiffs awarded $16.4 million in damages for a January 2003 fatal Minnesota crash of a Cirrus SR22.It’s noteworthy that the NTSB probable cause puts full blame on the pilot. Nonetheless, the plaintiffs who successfully sued were the families of the pilot Gary Prokop and his passenger James Kosak. (www.maxtrescott.com)
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Pilot, News Director Could Be Charged With Police Interference
Tension between police investigating the fatal shooting of four officers at a Washington coffee shop and the media attempting to cover the unfolding investigation were evident Sunday afternoon when a spokesperson announced charges may be filed against a television station for alleged interference. (www.fox40.com)
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FAA Transcripts (PDF and Audio) for Northwest Flight 188 that Overflew Minneapolis
This is a link to text files (PDF) and audio files (MP3) for the Northwest flight that overflew its destination last month. (www.faa.gov)
 | Ted Glenn (tlglenn)
Saturday (11/28) 05:47AM EST |
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Pilot Rescued After Ocean Ditch
There's at least one lucky pilot in Pompano Beach this morning. After taking off from the city this morning, the pilot of a Cessna 150 experienced trouble with the plane and was forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean, about a mile and a half from Hillsboro Inlet. (www.nbcmiami.com)
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Readers Speak Out About a Missed JetBlue Flight
Charles DeLaFuente’s account of paying a stiff penalty for missing a JetBlue flight drew more than 100 comments, though they were noticeably critical of the complainer, saying he pulled it much too close by arriving only 30 minutes before departure time.
Here is a sample of the readers’ reactions, with all the variant spellings of “JetBlue” left intact. (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Pentagon May Restructure JSF Test Program
The Pentagon appears to be willing to boost funding for the $300-billion Joint Strike Fighter program in an attempt to shore up the flight-test effort and minimize cost growth and projected delays.
But, even while top Pentagon officials are in the final throes of restructuring the program for the Fiscal 2011 budget proposal, hiccups are becoming apparent in the flight-tes . . . (www.aviationweek.com)
| Mark Duell (mduell)
Monday (11/30) 07:09PM EST |
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Small plane lands on Phoenix street
Federal Aviation Administration official says a small plane approaching Phoenix Deer Valley Airport was forced to make an emergency landing on a city street about three miles west of the airport. No one was injured. FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown says the pilot reported engine problems that forced him to land on 43rd Avenue in northwest Phoenix about 9:20 a.m. Saturday. (www.google.com)
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KC-135 Replacement RFP Slip Raises Questions
hanges to the source-selection plan for the U.S. Air Force’s $35-billion KC-X program are not likely to be substantial, and this could lead the procurement effort down a familiar path of contractors threatening not to bid or more calls for a split buy.
The senior Pentagon official overseeing the program says he is willing to address questions from the contractors, but he . . . (www.aviationweek.com)
| Mark Duell (mduell)
Monday (11/30) 07:09PM EST |
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NTSB reports low fuel as cause of most small plane crashes
Aviation officials with the National Transportation Safety Board say the simplest way to prevent a small plane crash is fill up the gas tank. The NTSB says running out of fuel has been a cause or factor in 238 small plane crashes in the past five years, including a crash in Northeastern Iowa that killed three men from south central Wisconsin. (www.wkowtv.com)
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Two dead after aircrafts collide in Lake County
Investigators are looking into the possibility that high winds were a factor in a plane collision that killed two people. A glider and a tow plane crashed into each other around 11 a.m. Saturday afternoon in Lake County. The crash happened at the Crazy Creek Glider Port. The FAA and NTSB are investigating and are still trying to figure out what happened. (abclocal.go.com)
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2 dead after small plane crashes in eastern Hillsborough
A small plane that left Wauchula today crashed just before noon in eastern Hillsborough County, killing two people. The single-engine aircraft went down about a mile north of State Road 60 and west of County Line Road. The call came in about 11:45 a.m., said J.D. Callaway, a spokesman for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. (www2.tbo.com)
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Passengers evacuated off Southwest Airlines plane after runway collision
Southwest Airlines passengers heading to Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday morning were evacuated from the plane after it clipped wings with a Fed Ex cargo plane. The incident is under investigation, but Salt Lake International Airport personnel say it appears the Southwest 737 plane was pushing away from the gate when it clipped wings with the cargo plane, shearing off a piece of the Sout . . . (www.deseretnews.com)
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